Sylvester McCoy

Dean O'Gorman, why are you wearing a seatbelt you are on a horse.

I may not get to cavort around New Zealand anytime soon—something about it costing money, I dunno—but at least I get to watch "The Most Epic Safety Video Ever Made." You milk those Middle Earth movies, Air New Zealand. You milk them as long as you possibly can.

Essay

This past Wednesday, many of us chatted about Steven Moffat's remarks concerning casting a female in the titular role of Doctor Who. It seemed like a good idea to delve into the opinions of other people who have been involved in the program, as well as some of those who've played the Time Lord hero who makes a habit of transforming his body in order to avoid death.
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Wibbly Wobbly Timey Wimey Stuff

At the Doctor Who Celebration back in November of 2013, Peter Davison, Sylvester McCoy, Colin Baker, and Tom Baker had a nice chat about their time on the long-running sci-fi series. And by "nice chat" I mean they made fun of David Tennant and Matt Smith.
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What's Doctor Who without a celery stalk, really?

We told you last week that Fifth Doctor Peter Davison wrote and directed a comedy short for the Doctor Who 50th anniversary celebrations - and it's finally here! If you've already seen "The Day of the Doctor," you're going to want to check out this adorable follow-up.

This weekend just keeps getting better.

It recently came out that Peter Davison (the fifth Doctor) is writing and directing a comedy short featuring past incarnations of everyone's favorite Time Lord from Doctor Who. The special is set to air after The Day of the Doctor on Saturday, and it will give fans the chance to see classic incarnations of the Doctor return.

Wibbly Wobbly Timey Wimey Stuff

We've always known the BBC was going to slowly roll out their Doctor Who 50th anniversary plans, and many fans were hoping to see a lot of Classic Doctor content, but now we have some concrete info. But then why are Peter Davison, Sylvester McCoy, and Colin Baker protesting outside BBC TV?
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Wibbly Wobbly Timey Wimey Stuff

I contemplated titling this "Five Classic Doctors Returning for Doctor Who's 50th Anniversary"—which is technically true—but that's a little mean, plus I'd rather not deal with the aftermath. :)
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I will make it legal!

Well, we've already had one Doctor Who related post today, and one Peter Jackson one, so you'll just have to tough it out while we tell you about this one. See, we already knew that Matt Smith, in an interview with New Zealand-based Waikato Times, what anyone would have said when asked whether you'd like to film something in the questioner's home country. He said "No, of course not. I hate New Zealand and its wealth of unparalleled natural beauty." No, of course not, he said:
"I think it would be an absolutely wonderful place to film Doctor Who... Let's get Peter Jackson to direct [an episode] and go and make it in New Zealand. I would love to, I will campaign endlessly to come over and film there."
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My Precious!

The new The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey trailer doesn't hit the Web until tomorrow, but luckily for us Warner Bros. has released some new pics to help tide us over 'til then. Some of them are ones Hobbit-fans (Hobbiteers?) will have seen already, but there's one Middle Earth denizen we're seeing for the first time: The wizard Radagast the Brown, played by Sylvester McCoy (aka Doctor Who's Seven).
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